diff --git a/apps/rest-showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/apps/rest-showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index cf42d89f6..4367ef3af 100644
--- a/apps/rest-showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/apps/rest-showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -19,16 +19,15 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 -->
-<web-app id="starter" version="2.4"
-         xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
+<web-app id="starter" version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
 
-  <display-name>Struts 2 Rest Example</display-name>
+    <display-name>Struts 2 Rest Example</display-name>
 
 
-  <!-- Filters -->
-  <!-- START SNIPPET: filter -->
+    <!-- Filters -->
+    <!-- START SNIPPET: filter -->
     <filter>
         <filter-name>action2</filter-name>
         <filter-class>org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter</filter-class>
diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index d69061e9c..a0219c7bb 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
 -->
-<web-app id="WebApp_9" version="2.4"
-	xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" 
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">
+<web-app id="starter" version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
 
     <display-name>Struts Showcase Application</display-name>